Blade Master

For other uses, see Blademaster (disambiguation).

Blade Master
Japanese arcade flyer
DeveloperIrem
PublisherIrem
PlatformArcade
Release
GenresHack and slash, beat 'em up
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemIrem M-92

Blade Master is a 1991 hack and slash video game developed and published by Irem for arcades. Two selectable heroes, Roy and Arnold, try to save their land from hordes of monsters. There are items to break and power-ups to collect, typical of this genre in the 1990s.

Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot

Synopsis

Development and release

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Blade Master as the fifteenth most successful table arcade unit of August 1991, outperforming titles such as Vimana and King of the Monsters.[6] British gaming magazine The One for Amiga Games reviewed Blade Master in August 1991, calling it a "masterpiece" and stating that "Irem has certainly pulled out all the stops here - beautifully crafted animated sprites, lovely backgrounds, excellent gameplay, sampled sound", and furthermore calls the combat "satisfying".[7][8] In the October 1991 issue of Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine, the game was ranked on the number fourteen spot in terms of popularity.[9]

Notes

References

  1. ^ Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アイレム (アイヒ－エム) Irem; Irem America; B (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency. pp. 13–14, 120–121, 147. ISBN 978-4990251215. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Yanma (September 1991). "Super Soft Hot Information: Video Game! (ビデオゲーム) - クロスブレイズ". Micom BASIC Magazine (in Japanese). No. 111. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation. p. 257.
  3. ^ Wilson, David (November 1991). "Kill Zone - Blade Master". Game Zone. Vol. 1, no. 1. Dennis Publishing. p. 83.
  4. ^ Cook, John (September 1991). "Coin Ops: Blade Master - Irem". Sinclair User. No. 115. EMAP. p. 57.
  5. ^ Stokes, Doris (November 1991). "Dosh Eaters: Blade Master". Zero. No. 25. Dennis Publishing. p. 86.
  6. ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 409. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 August 1991. p. 25.
  7. ^ Cook, John (August 1991). "The One Arcades: Blade Master - Irem". The One for Amiga Games. No. 35. EMAP. p. 82.
  8. ^ Cook, John (August 1991). "The One Arcades: Blade Master - Irem". The One for ST Games. No. 35. EMAP. p. 82.
  9. ^ Yamashita, Nobuyuki (October 1991). "Super Soft Hot Information: Video Game! (ビデオゲーム) - Hot 20". Micom BASIC Magazine (in Japanese). No. 112. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation. p. 259.
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